Bottle-filler.



PATENTED 'DEG.- 15, 1903.

J. W. DUNPBB.

BOTTLE FILLER. APPLICATION PIVLED DBO. 29, 1902.

NO MODEL.

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Patented December 15, 1903.

JAMES W. DUNFEE, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

BOTTLE-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,052, dated December15, 1903.

Application filed December 29, 1902. Serial No. 137,048. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JAMES W. DUNFEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Bottle- Filler, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to bottle-fillers, and has for its objects toproduce a device of this character which will be comparatively simple ofconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture compared with its durabilityand efficiency in operation, and one which may be readily adjusted toaccommodate bottles of varying sizes and in which the bottle will bemoved bodily'upward to clamp the same in the device.

The invention comprises the details of construction and combination ofparts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional elevation cen trallythrough the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the device as a whole, comprisinga member 2, adapted to be clamped to a faucet, and'a bottle-sustainingframe 3. i The member 2 comprises a metallic shell having an upperchamber 4 and a lower chamber 5. The upper chamber in practice is seatedover the end of the faucet and is provided with a suitable resilientpacking-gasket 6, preferablyof rubber, seated in its internal lower endand provided with a central opening 7, which communicates with theopening in the bottle-filling tube 8. The tube 8 is provided at itsupper end with a flange 9, adapted to rest upon a flange 10, formedaround the internal wall of the casing at the lower end of the upperchamber ein position to be clamped between the said flange 10 and thepacking-gasket 6 when the latter is forced downward by the operation ofclamping the device to the fancet. It is to be understood, however, thatthe upper end of the filling-tube may be secured in any other suitablemanner.

The member 2 is provided at its upper end with suitable ears 11, towhich is pivotally attached a bail 12, which passes over the upper faceof the faucet and is provided with a screw-threaded rod 13, engaged witha finger 15, projecting from the faucet and operated by a set-nut 16 todraw the member upward tightly against the end of the faucet, as will bereadily understood.

The lower chamber 5 of the member 2 is internally threaded to receive arubber packing-gasket 17, which projects slightly below the end of thechamber for the purpose to be presently explained. Formed upon theexterior of the chamber at diametrically opposite points are lugs 18, towhich are attached in any suitable manner, but preferably detachably,the side bars 19 of the bottle-sustaining frame 3,which constitutes theother member of the device as a whole. These side bars, which extenddownward from the member 2, diverge for a short distance from theirupper ends, and thence continue in parallel relation to the sides of thebottle when in place therein and are provided at their lower ends intheir outer transverse edges with a series of notches 20. The lower endsof the bars 19 are connected by a base member 21, comprising two metalstraps situated one on each side of the side bars, these straps beingconnected at their ends by transverse bolts or thelik'e. Theseconnecting-bolts in practice engage with the notches 20 in the side barsto hold the base member in place and also admit of its ready adjustmentlongitudinally of the side bars for accommodating bottles of varyinglengths. The metal strapsforming the base member are curved outward attheir centers and have pivoted between them an eccentric-lever 22,provided with a curved head 23 and an operating-handle 24. In practicethis lever is turned to the positionill ustrated in dotted lines in Fig.1 before inserting the bottle into the frame, and when the bottle is inplace is moved to the position illustrated in full lines, with thecurved head in engagement with the bottom of the bottle, thus forcingthe bottle bodily upward and clamping its mouth tightly against therubber gasket 17. This action also causes the gasket, owing to itsprojecting slightly beyond the chamber 5, to swell around the mouth ofthe bottle, insuring a a tight joint.

25 indicates a strap lying transversely across the frame between itsends and connected to the side bars 19 in any suitable manner, butpreferably by bending theends of the strap around the bars. This strapis semicircular in horizontal section to conform V to the shape of thebottle when seated thereon and is adapted in practice to sustain thebottle in the frame. In this connection it is to be noted that thebottle-sustaining frame as a whole inclines downwardly. and outwardlyfrom the member 2 in a diagonal position, thus admitting the readyseating of the bottles therein, it being in practice simply necessary todrop the bottles into the frame and move the lever 22 in position toclamp the bottoms of the same, the bottles being sustained previous tothe operation of the lever by means of the strap 25.

Formed in the side of the chamber 5 is'a valve-seat 26, having aneedle-val ve 27 seated therein, this valve being for the purpose ofcontrolling the escape of air from the bottle during the fillingoperation.

28 is a small tube, preferably of metal,which extends through the gasket17 to a point slightly beyond its lower end and through which the airtravels in its passage from the bottle to the escape-valve. It is to beunderstood that instead of employing this tube 27 I may conduct the airthrough a small channel formed directly through the gasket.

In operation the member 2 is seated over the end of the faucet and thetightening-nut 16 operated to draw the parts tightly together, whichaction causes the rubber gasket 6 to securely clamp the-end of thefilling-tube between the same and the flange 10. The base member 21 isthen adjusted to accord with the length of bottles to be filled. Thefillingtube is then inserted into the mouth of the bottle and the bottleis dropped in place in the sustaining-frame and the lever 22 operated toforce the same bodily upward and clamp its mouth tightly against thegasket 17, as above described. The liquid flows through the tube 8 andis delivered into the bottle near its bottom, the air in the meantimeescaping through the tube 28 and its controlling-valve, which latterregulates the speed of escape of the air, and consequently the rapiditywith which the bottle will be filled.

It will be seen from the foregoing thatI produce a device in whichbottles may be rapidly filled with carbonated liquids and that theliquid in passing from the cask to the bottle will lose none of itsgaseous qualities, owing to the improved manner in which the parts areclamped together. It will be further seen that in my device the bottlesmay be quickly Having thus described the invention, what is claimedis-- 1. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided withsuitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means forsecuring the same, said member being independent of the faucet, abottle-sustaining frame carried by the member, and means carried by theframe and acting upon the bottle from beneath for moving the same bodilyupward relative to the frame to clamp it to the packing in the member. A2. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided withsuitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means forsecuring the same, said member being independent of the faucet, abottle-sustaining frame carried by the member and comprising a pluralityof side bars adapted to receive the bottle between them and a basemember connecting the side bars beneath the bottle, and means carried bythe frame and operable for moving the bottle bodily upward relative tothe frame to clamp it to the packing in the first-named member.

3. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided withsuitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means forsecuring the same, a bottle -sustaining frame carried by the member andcomprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottlebetween them and a cam member carried by the frame and adapted to movethe bottle bodily upward relative to said frame to clamp it against thepacking in the firstnamed member.

4. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided withsuitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means forsecuring the same, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member andcomprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottlebetween them and a base member connecting the side bars, and meanscarried by the base member for moving the bottle bodily upward relativeto the frame to clamp it against the packing in the first-named member.

'5. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided withsuitable packing and adapted to be secured to a-faucet, of means forsecuring the same, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member andcomprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottlebetween them and a base member connecting the side bars, and a cammember carried by the base member and adapted to move the bottle bodilyupward relative to the frame to clamp it against the packing in thefirstnamed member.

6. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided withsuitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means forsecuring the same, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member andcomprising a plurality of side bars having notches formed therein and abase member connecting the side bars and provided with means forengaging the notches to permit its adjustment for bottles of varyinglengths, and means carried by the base member for moving the bottlebodily upward relative to the frame to clamp it against the packing inthe first-named member.

' 7. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member adapted to besecured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member havingan upper and a lower chamber formed therein, the upper chamber beingprovided with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with thefaucet, and the lower chamber with suitable packing to form an air-tightjoint with the mouth of a bottle, a bottle-sustaining frame carried bysaid member and means carried by the frame for moving a bottle bodilyupward relative to the frame to clamp its mouth against the packing inthe lower chamber.

8. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member adapted to besecured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member havingan upper and a lower chamber formed therein, the upper chamber beingprovided with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with thefaucet, and the lower chamber with suitable packing to form an air-tightjoint with the mouth of a bottle, a bottle-sustaining frame carried bysaid member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receivethe bottle between them and a base member connecting the side bars, andmeans carried by the base member for moving the bottle bodily upward toclamp its mouth against the packing in the lower chamber.

9. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member adapted to besecured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member havingan upper and a lower chamber formed therein, the upper chamber beingprovided with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with thefaucet, and the lower chamber with suitable packing to form an air-tightjoint with the mouth of the bottle, a bottlesust-aining frame carried bysaid member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receivethe bottle between them and a base member connecting the side bars, anda cam member carried by the base member for moving the bottle bodilyupward to clamp its mouth against the packing in the lower chamber.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES W. DUNFEE.

Witnesses:

H. C. DE KAN, Turns W. Now.

